South Park is officially changing its name for the launch of Season 29 as creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone troll Apple, Google, and of course U.S. President Donald Trump.
Season 29, which premieres Wednesday, September 16 at 10pm ET / PT on Comedy Central and the next day on Paramount+, brings with it a big change. Here’s the statement from Parker and Stone:
“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount -- a Skydance Capitulation."
That’s a clear joke about U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing attempts to rename different parts of the world in his image, and tech companies going along with it. Earlier this month, Apple renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America on its Maps app, after an order from Trump as part of Washington's trade spat with Canada. Google made a similar switch for its users in the U.S., sparking a backlash.
Trump had posted several AI-generated videos on social media, including a clip of him kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with another that says "Welcome to Lake America.”
In 2025, Google re-designated the Gulf of Mexico after Trump declared it would be called the Gulf of America. Mexico sued Google over it.
Expect a six-episode season, with new episodes dropping every two weeks (September 30, October 14, October 28, November 11, November 25).
Season 28 came to an end in December after a number of controversial episodes that sparked responses from the White House. Its overarching story saw Donald Trump try and fail to convince Satan not to go through with having their ‘butt baby,’ aka the Antichrist. Vice president J.D. Vance even conspired with Trump to try to murder the baby.
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